Building-block.



H. N. KING.

- BUILDING BLOCK; 11321110113011 FILED 1 ml 1?, 111117 Patented Nov ing drawings, and 'to the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY 1v. KING, or ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF ro FRANKLIN n.

TEACHOUT, 0F ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

BUILDING-BLOCK.

Application filed May 17, 191}. Serial No. 627,7 27.

I N. KING, a

' clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanycharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to building blocks and tie-plates therefor, especially designed for use in the construction of silos, but adaptable for other purposes. v

The invention consists in the construct-ion and arrangement of parts hereinafter. more 'fully set forth and pointed out particularly in the claims. l

The primary object of the invention is to construct a hollow building block and to as- 25. sociate therewith a tie-plate through the medium of which theblocks may be securely bound togetherin the wall.

A further object is to provide for forming an opening in the wall, as for a door, and to reinforce the wall at that point in a manner to resist lateral and circumferential strain.

- A further object is to prevent the entrance of moisture between the oints of the blocks.

The above objects are attained by thetormation'andassociation of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l'is ageneral view of a silo.-the wall of which is constructed in accordance with. my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view in horizontal section, of the line of the section being across the door opening. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary View in vertical section through a portion of.

45 a wall built in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a number of tie-plates placed together, the position of the blocks with respect thereto, being illustrated 'by dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective of said tie-plates. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the blocks. Fig. 7 "s a fragmentary view partly 1n section, illustrating the method of tying the jarnb-blockstogether across the door openl mg.

in Fig. 3.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the. hollow building blocks, which, for the purpose of constructing a circular wall are herein shown provided with curved outer and inner faces andstraight sides, said sides having vertical channels 2 therein.

Theblocks are shown tapering. a necessary formation in constructing a circular wall. In constructing a straight wall the blocks will be made rectangular.

The bonds or tie-plates 3 are made tooo'nform to the contour of the wall and are provided in their upper and under faces with transverse channels i and 5. The ends of the tie-plates are rabbet-e'd, as shown at G. in a manner to enable them to match together when placed end to end, as'shown in Figs. 3, 4 and '5; The channels 4: and 5 in the tie- Specification of Letters Patent. P t ted N 21, 1911,

plates are adapted to receive the ends of thc side portions of the block 'assaid blocks are placed in the wall in successive tiers, thc portions 7 and 8 of the tie-plates between said channels entering the apertures in the opposite ends of the blocks, as clearly shown The width of the channels i and 5 is sufiicient to receive the combined thickness of the side walls of two blocks which i are placed side by side, whereby said blocks become tied together when laid up in a wall. It will be noted that the portions of the tieplates which enter the ends of the hollow blocks are made up of a major partof one plate and a minor part of another; the arrangement being'such that when the wall is laid up, the tie-plates are bound together because of the fact that the terminal portions of two of said plates enter and lie within the opening in the end of one block, thereby preventing the separation of the tie-plates at the joints between their meeting ends. while the entrance of the portions of said plates within the blocks serves to hold said blocks against lateral displacement in the wall. The blocks are further held against lateral displacement when the wall is laid because of the presence between their channeled faces of theccmentitious matter 9 which fills said channels and sealslthe space between the' the passage of moisture there'through. The hardening of said cementitious matter in the registering faces of the blocks in a manner t0.prevent v channels of the faces of the blocks forms an additional'tie to hold the blocks against relative lateral movement. The tieplates are of such form and are so disposed formed through the wall from top to bottom thereof as is requiredin the construction of a'silo, jamb-blorks 10 are employed (see Fig. which are so placed in the wall as to form the jamb of the door. lhe inner faces of the jamh-hlocks 10 are formed at such an angle with respect. to the curved faccst-hereof as to render the door opening through the wall of unifori'n width and are provided with registering vertical channels 11 in which are setreinforcing bars 12 of angle iron which extend through all of the jainbblocks andadd materially to the strength of the wall on each side of the door; To tie the jamh-blocks together across the door opening in a manner to resist the great lateral pressure which is exerted upon the wall when the silo is fill'ed,-tie' bars 13 are employed. preferably T-sha'ped 'in transverse section, and havingreduced end portions 14 which pass between the ends of the jamh-hlocks at each course into the opening therein, said end portions being apertured to receive the pins 15 which engage the inner laces of the ]ainb-blochs, as shown in Fig. 7,

to tie the wall together across the door opening. The tie bars 13 also serve as a ladder upon which the top of the door opening may be readily reached. 7

'lo atl'ord a closure for the door opening the j:\lhl)-l)lO( =-l S areprovided in their inner edges with rabbets 16 into which planking IT is set from within and secured in any suitable manner. not shown. This planking isremoved from time to time as the fodder is fed from the silo, as will be well understood in the art.

llaving thns fully set. forth my in\ "cntion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. wall comprising hollow blocks placed side by side. tie platesof the width of the opening in said blocks having joined ends.

said tie plates also having transverse channels which receive the edges of the abutting blocks, and portionsintermediate said channels above the base thereof, comprising the terminals of two of said .blocks which enter within and fill the openings inthe ends of the blocks.

. ,A wall comprising hollow blocks placed side by side and tier upon tier, the-successive tiers being disposedto break the vertical joints between tlfe'blocks, tie-plates of the width of the opening in the blocks located between the tiers thereof, said tie-plates having transverse channels in their upper and 'under faces which receive the edges ofthe abutting blocks in the tiers immediately above and below said plates, said plates also having portionsintermediate said channels upon both faces thereof which lie within and till the openings in the ends of the blocks aboeeand below said plates.

3. A well comprising hollow blocks placed side by side, tie-plates having transverse 5 2 channels in the face thereof which receive the edges of the abutting blocks to tie said blocks together, the ortions of the tie plate's in; termediate; said. channels forming raised centers which enter the ends of said blocks and which comprise a terminal portionoftwo of said plates, whereby the terminals of said plates are bound together.

4. A wall for a silo having a vertical door opening'therein, hollow janibv-blocks forming the margins of the door opening, said jamb-bloeks having vertical registering channels in the faces thereof which form the walls of the door opening, reinforcing angle iron bars set in said channels in the faces of. the jainb-blocks, tie bars crossing the door opening and having flattened end portions which lie between the horizontal faces of the jamb-blocks and'eXtend into the opening therein, and pins passing through the ends of said tie bars and engaging the inner .faces of the wall of the jamh-blocks within 0 Q Q I said opening across the oint between said blot-ks. h 4 in testimony whereof. I sign this specifi-,100 cation in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY N. KIN i.

' \Vitnesses:

J ()r'ro BA'uxzic-nu, I. G. Ilowm'rr.

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